Substandard surgical gas causes eye injuries
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SEVENTY-ONE people have suffered serious eye injuries caused by the use of a substandard medical gas during eye surgery, according to the China Food and Drug Administration.
The Tianjin Jingming New Technological Development Co, Chinese mainland’s only registered supplier of perflutren gas, has been fined 5.18 million yuan (US$799,274), the administration said.
Perflutren gas is used during the repair of detached retinas during eye surgery.
The administration received reports about the gas on June 7, 2015.
A 15-day investigation found the batch had caused serious eye injuries to 45 patients at Peking University Third Hospital in Beijing and 26 at the Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University Jiangsu province.
The batch was also sold to another 82 medical institutions across the country, but no injuries were reported.
The authorities seized 8,632 boxes of the gas, which failed to meet government standards.
On Thursday, Peking University Third Hospital said it had compensated several of the patients.
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